Pankaj S. Joshi is Senior Professor at the School of Natural Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. His research interests include gravitation and cosmology, space-time structure and quantum gravity, and relativistic astrophysics and general relativity. Professor Joshi has an excellent international reputation for his work in the field of gravitational collapse.

• 1. Introduction; 2. The spacetime manifold; 3. Spherical collapse; 4. Cosmic censorship; 5. Final fate of a massive star; References; Index.

'… beautifully produced …' The Observatory

Pankaj S. Joshi is Senior Professor at the School of Natural Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. His research interests include gravitation and cosmology, space-time structure and quantum gravity, and relativistic astrophysics and general relativity. Professor Joshi has an excellent international reputation for his work in the field of gravitational collapse.

• 1. Introduction; 2. The spacetime manifold; 3. Spherical collapse; 4. Cosmic censorship; 5. Final fate of a massive star; References; Index.

'… beautifully produced …' The Observatory

Pankaj S. Joshi is Senior Professor at the School of Natural Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India. His research interests include gravitation and cosmology, space-time structure and quantum gravity, and relativistic astrophysics and general relativity. Professor Joshi has an excellent international reputation for his work in the field of gravitational collapse.

• 1. Introduction; 2. The spacetime manifold; 3. Spherical collapse; 4. Cosmic censorship; 5. Final fate of a massive star; References; Index.

'… beautifully produced …' The Observatory